VB FAQs

Why don't I have to cast when using For Each and Option Strict?

A bending of the rules.

posted @ Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:35 AM

Why aren't Try variables in scope in the Catch or Finally?

An attempt at an explanation.

posted @ Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:22 AM

Why is VB 2005 also referred to as 'Whidbey'?

A short discussion of Visual Basic codenames.

posted @ Friday, April 16, 2004 10:55 AM

Why doesn't VB support non-zero lower bounds for arrays?

Why can't you say "Dim x(5 To 10) As Integer" anymore?

posted @ Friday, April 16, 2004 10:49 AM

How do you choose new keywords?

The mystery revealed...

posted @ Friday, April 16, 2004 10:48 AM

Why can't I turn off background compilation?

Why it has to always be on.

posted @ Friday, April 16, 2004 10:45 AM

What does '/optimize' actually do?

What kind of optimizations we do.

posted @ Friday, April 16, 2004 10:37 AM

Why don't we have '++' and '--'?

Why we don't have C-style increment and decrement.

posted @ Friday, April 16, 2004 10:35 AM

Why doesn't VB have feature 'x'?

How do we decide what goes in?

posted @ Thursday, April 08, 2004 7:23 AM

Why do subroutine calls now require parenthesis?

Why can't I just leave them off anymore?

posted @ Thursday, April 08, 2004 7:20 AM

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